The World Health Organization (WHO) chief said on May 19 that he was “deeply concerned” by an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) which has spilt into Uganda, believed to have killed 131 people.

Some 88 people have died from the highly contagious haemorrhagic fever in the DR Congo, with one death in Uganda, and at least 336 suspected cases.

The World Health Organization is sounding the alarm over the “scale and speed” of a deadly Ebola outbreak sweeping eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

The Ebola disease, which the World Health Organization calls a severe, often fatal illness affecting humans and other primates, has claimed 130 lives as of May 19, according to…